AI Is Getting So Competent That They’re Being Called To Duel Against One Another

Artificial intelligence has advanced to almost terrifying heights. Case in point: just last week, Facebook had to kill its AI because it started inventing its own creepy language. Now, AI is known to be so competent, it’s being invited to participate in a number of duels.

The Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) conference has initiated a number of challenges that will pit AI agents against one another. It’s like a real-life Pokémon League that would imbue hope—or fear—in the future.